Summer chicken casserole

Summer chicken casserole

If you tend to think of casserole as a winter meal, think again. This chicken and tomato dish is light enough for the warmer months, especially served with couscous and a crisp green salad.

ingredients

1 whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces

40ml (2 tbsp) oil

1 carrot, diced

1 stick celery, diced

3 cloves garlic, crushed

125ml (1/2 cup) white wine

400g tin chopped tomatoes

250ml (1 cup) chicken stock

1 tbsp chopped rosemary

method

Preheat oven to 200°C conventional (180°C fan-forced).

Season chicken pieces liberally with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a heavy based frying pan or casserole dish and fry chicken in batches until golden on all sides. Transfer to a plate lined with absorbent paper.

Remove all but a tablespoon of oil. Add carrot, celery and garlic and saute over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Return chicken to the pan. Pour over white wine and allow to bubble up. Add tomatoes, stock and rosemary and combine well. When liquid is bubbling, cover with a lid and place in the oven. Cook for 25-30 minutes until chicken is cooked through.

Serve with couscous and steamed green beans or a salad.

notes

Ask your butcher to cut up the chicken if you don't want to do it yourself.

Alternatively, use 4 chicken Marylands separated into drumsticks and thighs.

Recipe by Greer Worsley, a working mum whose desire to make and bake things has grown in inverse proportion to the amount of spare time she has since her three gorgeous girls came along. Her blog is typically red.

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